No Bathtub in My House-How Should I Bath My 2 Year Old?

Both my kids loved showers before the age of 2. For safety sake and convenience we showered with them for quite a while. The bathtub is novel, which is why she loves it so much at your parents house. We don't have stairs, you should see my kids when we are a house with stairs, lol.

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I think the portable tube would probably be your best bet. Or does she like to take showers with you? When my daughter was 2 she had to take a shower with me every day or she would freak out. lol So you could just let her shower with you.

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My aunt lived in a VERY small home that only had a shower. She got one of those big circular laundry tubs that you can carry. It fit in the shower, and she'd put enough water in it for her son to take a bath. It was low enough for her to sit next to and give him a bath. You could probably find something that would work at Target or Home Depot.

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Make shower time fun. My son has spent most of his clean up time using the shower, even though we have a tub. He loves tub time, gets it at his dad's house...but here it is the shower...he still managed to have fun with it ;)

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I purchased a little blow up tub from Burlington when I felt my little ones were too small for the tub. It looks like a little inflatable kiddie pool but it was small enough to fit inside the bathtub. It is probably small enough to fit in a stand up shower as well.
Hope this helps!

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You could get a little kiddie pool. I know they have the hard plastic ones that are about two feet wide. Would be a great size.

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Why don't you just let her shower?
My kids loved a shower and it was actually easier to make sure all the soap got out of their hair, etc.
She's plenty old enough.
You might want to get one of those non-slip mats, but little ones can do just fine in the shower.

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If the kitchen sink is large, why can't she just use the sink as the tub? Not have a portable tub in the sink, but the sink itself.

My son is 2 and if I didn't have the divider in my sink, it would be plenty big enough to bathe him in.

They sell portable tubs that you could use in the shower, but they aren't very big. They're generally used for infants.

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I'd try using a big tub with handles, like the kind they sell for ice/drinks at picnics, etc.? (Walmart, Target, etc.) Sorry I can't describe it better.. LOL

They are small enough to fit in a shower, but deep enough to put water in and bath a 2 year old... and it might seem really fun to her!

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didn't read the other answers so hope i am not copying an answer lol. But I would suggest you get a plastic bin that you could put water in. it would fit in your shower but will hold the water for the bath. You can get one that is about as deep as a shower. we got them for the kids to step in and out of outside next to the pool. good luck

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I bought a small plastic bathtub that the kids fit in until they were 4-5 years old. It had a ring style part that snapped in for the toddlers and I could take it out for the bigger kids.

It scrunched up when not in use and I could rinse the underneath parts that could get yucky. It had non slip suction cups on the bottom to keep it from sliding around in the tub. I loved it and wore out 2 of them with all my grandkids.

I googled toddler bathtubs.

Here's one style.
http://www.meijer.com/s/summer-infant-newborn-to-toddler-...

Another style, this one is expandable from infant to older child:
http://www.amazon.com/Evenflo-Splash-Me-Expandable-Tub/dp...

And this is what mine looked like but I never had the little new born attachment, I just got them when they were for the bigger kids. The green seat area pops out when the kids get big enough they want to move around more and it is easy to push together and store.
http://winnipeg.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-baby-items-bathi...

Use a plastic inflatable small little pool.
Buy a shower faucet with a hand hose ( hand shower) in it
Also buy a small and low plastic bench so you can sit in stead of bending over

Hi,
I have a product that would work great for you. I have used it for both my kids. It's an inflatable tub for little ones & most of all safe, but of course don't take your eye off of them. It's cushioned & keeps them contained. It also fits inside a bathtub. Sears has it in stock as of today when I checked. You can go on line to Sears & type in the name that I put below for you along w/ item # & model #.

***Safety 1st Inflatable Bath Tub ***
. Sold by Sears | Sears Item# 04911014000 | Model# 44110
$11.99
.

The item is on sale now...you can't beat the price. You can also check on line if your local Sears has it in stock. If so you pay for it on line & go to the Kiosk for on line pick ups & it will be ready for you. In the mean time you could both just shower together to make sure she's ok & does not slip & she can have fun playing in the shower with you.

Good Luck.

What about a shower? You can get a big bathmat and with a handheld shower give your little one a "big girl shower". I started doing this with my daughter at this age as a quick solution when we both came back from the beach and it has become a big treat for her. The key is to keep her seated so occupied with a few bath toys (johnsons makes a cute bar soap with a green mesh cover that my girl loves to play with). She was apprehensive at first but now at 3 she loves to hold the shower head and soak me and i can't get her out of the shower. The benefit is now we can go on vacation or stay over anyone's house and not worry about a bath tub.

You can get one of those rubber mats for the shower floor and a shower cap (if you don't want her to get her hair wet all the time) and let her use the shower. If she doesn't like getting her eyes wet, use a large plastic cup to get her wet and rinsing. The hand held showers are really easy and fun to use.

We have a tub, but all my kids take a shower. IT's so much easier to wash my daughters hair and get all the soap out in the shower. She's 2 and she takes a shower with me.
My boys are 4 and 5 and they know how to wash themselves and take showers by themselves. Also I have a 3 month old and we rarely use his baby tub cause it's easier for us to take him in the shower with my husband or I, especially in a hurry!

baby swimming pool suited for one -- they have them at toys r us

Yes! There is a great little tub that even has a setting for jacuzzi or shower when you attach this piece onto it. My son loved it. It's something of a tub spa. Super cute! Otherwise, a little inflatable pool could help in the meantime.

I bathe my 2 year old in a large plastic storage bin. It's the one that is meant to fit under the bed so it is wide and shallow. When not in use, we hang it in shower on a hook my husband put up. We decorated it with a froggy bath mat and our two year old loves it!

We used a big plastic toy bucket (the kind with rope handles) until about age 2.5/3 (kiddo was well over 3' tall at 2 years old). What was great about it was that I could drag it room to room with me. He would spend AGES playing in it.